​Over the course of his life, Muhammad had at least a dozen wives. At one point, Allah decided Muhammad had enough. In Quran 33:52, the angel Gabriel informed Muhammad that he must not marry again (unless such marriage is to a slave he owns):: "Not lawful to you, [O Muhammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses [Muhammad's slaves]. And ever is Allah , over all things, an Observer." Who had Muhammad just married prior to the revelation of Quran 33:52? Quran 33:37 indicates that it was Zaynab, who had been divorced from Muhammad's adopted son, Zeyd so that Muhammad could marry her: "So when Zeyd had performed that necessary formality (of divorce) from her, We gave her unto thee in marriage, so that (henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have performed the necessary formality (of release) from them." (Quran 33:37).Did Muhammad obey Allah's command and marry no one else except his slaves? The evidence indicates he did not. After marrying Zaynab in March, 627, Muhammad would violate his own Quran at least 7 times, marrying Juwayriyah in January, 628, Ramlah in July, 628, Maymunah in February, 629, Mulayka in January, 630, Fatima in February or March of 630, Asma in June or July of 630, and Amra in approximately 631. None of these women were his slaves.So our Debate Question is: Why did Muhammad lack the self-control to obey his Allah?

We read in Sahih Muslim, 17:14209: "Abu Huraira and Zaid b Khalid al-Juhani reported that one of the desert tribes came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, I beg of you in the name of Allah that you pronounce judgment about me according to the Book of Allah. The second claimant who was wiser than him said: Well, decide amongst us according to the Book of Allah, but permit me (to say something). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Say. He said: My son was a servant in the house of this person and he committed adultery with his wife. I was informed that my son deserved stoning to death (as punishment for this offence). I gave one hundred goats and a slave girl as ransom for this. I asked the scholars (if this could serve as an expiation for this offence). They informed me that my son deserved one hundred lashes and exile for one year. and this woman deserved stoning (as she was married). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life. I will decide between you according to the Book of Allah. The slave-girl and the goats should be given back, and your son is to be punished with one hundred lashes and exile for one year. And, O Unais (b. Zuhaq al-Aslami), go to this woman in the morning, and if she makes a confession, then stone her. He (the narrator) said: He went to her in the morning and she made a confession. And Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made pronouncement about her and she was stoned to death."The only punishments prescribed for a free female adulterer are either lifetime house-imprisonment (Quran 4:15) or 100 lashes (Quran 24:2), this second verse very likely abrogating the first. (The punishment for a slave adulterer is half of this, i.e., 50 lashes - Quran 4:25). Nowhere in the Quran is there a command from Allah to put any adulterers to death. (Attesting to the fact that the sole punishment for a free adulterer is 100 lashes is this website's fine explanation ). So Muhammad violated the Quran. Now it could be argued that Allah did not reveal the commands found in Quran 4:15 and 24:2 until after the woman was killed, but that leaves us with the dilemma as to why the omniscient Allah would let the poor woman get stoned to death when he already knew that his preferred punishment for adultery is either lifetime house imprisonment or 100 lashes. Debate Question: Whether or not the punishment for adultery had by that time been revealed to Muhammad, why did the "compassionate and merciful" god of the Muslims fail to intervene to save the woman from a barbaric punishment?

;Muslims emulating their role model, Muhammad, and stoning adulterers to deathdespite the Quran requiring a different punishment: